By Nafiu Kabir
Head, Commercial
Services, Engr.
Aliyu Abbas has charged staff of Kebbi Regional Office to make concerted
efforts to improve the revenue from the region.
Engr. Abbas gave the
charge during a Monthly Assessment visit to the region. He challenged the staff
on the need to reassess some of the areas where revenue collection is low and
devise ways of improving them.
He noted that the
responsibility of improving the Region’s fortune would take a deliberate
effort, which according to him will greatly affect their Key
Performance Indicators (KPIs).
“The days of giving
excuses are over and excuses are no longer acceptable. Excuses don’t pay bills
neither do they service the value chain. It is your duty to find how to shore
up your revenue”.
Explaining further,
Abbas tasked the marketing staff to look at the report of the Aggregate
Technical, Commercial and Collection loses (ATC&C) which shows that our
losses are still as high as 75% and with this, he pointed out it was obvious
that the company is seriously running at a loss.
One the issue of
burnt meters as an excuse for poor collection, Abbas told them to be aware of
the activities of dubious customers who intentionally destroy their meters in
order to avoid paying bills.
“Cases of burnt
meters must be properly investigated in order to protect customers with genuine
cases. Metered customers must be properly monitored to ensure that we get
maximum collection. All other means of ensuring huge cash collection must be
explored by all staff.”
For customers
complaining of overbilling, Engr. Abbas said they must be properly evaluated,
as he has always wondered why he has never received a complaint of under billing.
These are the areas that must be given attention so that we can reduce
collection losses, he pointed out.
The Business
Development and Regional Officer, Engr. Dogara Saidu who was part of the
meeting, admonished the staff to pay attention to Green Feeders- where the
highest revenue are expected, in order to effect a change in strategy where the
need may arise.
ICT Staff Send
Forth Bahaudeen Mashi
By Jamila Bala
Staff of Information
and Communications Technology (ICT) recently sent forth their colleague Mr.
Bahaudeen Mashi at Safaha
Plaza, Unguwar Rimi, Kaduna.
Mashi who is
currently the Team Lead System Administration, ICT Department, was treated to
an evening of accolades and honor.
Mashi who has worked in the
power sector for over 20 years will be taking a bow at the end of November 2018
to pursue other personal business concern.
Responding, the
celebrant thanked everyone in attendance especially those whom he said have
contributed to the success of his career, while hinting that he will be pursing
interest that will serve his people.
“I am grateful to all
the people I have met along my career path, a lot of them have impacted on this
journey; I remain grateful to them. Also, I intend to dedicate more in serving
my people”.
His colleagues took
turns to speak about him and most who spoke described him as jovial,
respectful, hardworking.
Others reeled out
some of his accomplishments, including his leadership qualities, which many
described as “sterling”.
The ambience was
nothing short of cozy with lots of drinks, snacks, styled dances and activities
like riddles and jokes, “know your colleagues”. There was presentation of gifts
and a Question and Answer session to wrap up the event.
In attendance were
representatives from Corporate Communications, Admin, Human Resources, Metering
and Commercial Departments.
Kaduna Electric
Supports Reduction of Maternal Mortality
By Jamila Bala
As a socially
responsible brand, Kaduna Electric has joined the call to combat the scourge of
maternal mortality that is currently ravaging the land.
The company responded
by collaborating with Amana Hope & Care initiative. Amana Hope & Care
Initiative is a non-governmental organization whose goal is to combat the
maternal mortality epidemic.
This year’s programme
is targeted at covering 6 rural communities across the three Senatorial
Districts of Kaduna state to sensitize communities, identify their basic
healthcare needs and challenges, with a view to drawing public attention and
eliciting intervention.
Speaking at one
of the communities visited, Hajiya Farida Abubakar, Chairperson of the
Initiative said the NGO is poised to address the plight of vulnerable women and
children, particularly the rate of death recorded during child birth and the
challenge in accessing basic health care services. She also express hope that
the program will provide a platform for enlisting public support and
intervention towards salvaging the plight of such communities.
The NGO, according to
her, “is a nonpartisan organization, we fund all our projects and activities
from contributions and donations made by members’’.
She went further to
thank the management of Kaduna Electric for its financial contributions while
calling on other well-meaning Nigerians, government and corporate bodies to
assist underprivileged persons in the country.
Responding, the
company’s Head of Corporate Communications, Abdulazeez Abdullahi said: “All
hands must be on deck to address the scourge and find ways to eliminate it
totally. Our women are not supposed to be dying from child birth and as a
corporate body we lend our voice to this cause while urging other corporate
bodies to do same”.
ICT Trains HQ
Staff on SharePoint
By Halima Shuaibu
Following the recent
automation of business processes in the company, the Information Communication
and Technology (ICT) Department has organized a one-day training on SharePoint
for Head Office staff.
The training was to
acquaint staff with SharePoint online App. The App was designed to address all
the day to day needs of staff and department operations that hitherto involved
the use of paper and cumbersome processes.
SharePoint provides
automated solution to Admin, Human Resources, Finance & Account and ICT
with aim of improving business operations.
The participants were
shown how to use Admin portal to book for meetings, the HR Leave Form used to
raise a leave request, Finance & Accounts to deal with retirement issues.
The training, which
was an interactive one, had some participants asking questions and suggesting
new ideas to improve the App.
The ICT had on
different occasions raised concerns about the implementation of the Solutions
it has developed hence the need for the training which is to erase the excuse
of inadequate knowledge of its usage.
Speaking shortly
after the training, one of the Facilitators, Asmau Abdulkadir said the training
is very important considering how much it will help the company’s operation. As
a member of the team who designed the App, she said a thorough need-assessment
had been carried out to ensure that the App was designed to address the
peculiar need of each department.
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